Re: [exim-dev] [patch rfc] multi-line macros (mlm)

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Autor: Philip Hazel
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A: Jonathan Sambrook
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Assumpte: Re: [exim-dev] [patch rfc] multi-line macros (mlm)
On Wed, 14 Sep 2005, Jonathan Sambrook wrote:

> The attached patch set is a draft implementation of multi-line macros.
> By this I mean macros which can expand into several lines.
>
> The intention of multi-line macros (mlm) is to alleviate the maintenance
> problem of having repeated snippets of identical config.


I will take a look at the patch in due course. Thank you for submitting
it. However, it may be too late for 4.53.

> Any comments are welcome as to whether the idea of multi-line macros is
> generically useful (i.e. will some implementation make it in?) and if
> so, how could this patch could be tidied up, improved or re-implemented.


I expect people will find a use for it, so it sounds reasonable at first
sight. But I haven't looked at the patch yet.

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